Synonyms of elegize
21 similar words
Another word for elegize is mourn. Other synonyms of elegize are sorrow, pine, sigh, grieve and keen.
Synonyms and similar words for elegize
verbTo lament, as if in an elegy.
- grieveTo feel very sad about; to mourn; to sorrow for.
- mournTo express sadness or sorrow for; to grieve over (especially a death).
- afterthink
- becryTo cry about; cry over; lament; bemourn.
- bemoanTo be dismayed or worried about (someone), particularly because of their situation or what has happened to them.
- bewailTo wail over; to feel or express deep sorrow for.
- beweepTo weep over; weep for; weep about; deplore; lament.
- condole IndiaTo express regret or sorrow over (an undesirable event or other misfortune); to bemoan, to grieve, to lament.
- deploreTo bewail; to weep bitterly over; to feel sorrow for.
- grievenTo make or become grievous or grief-stricken; to fill or be filled with grief.
- keenTo mourn.
- lament
- mean Ireland, UKTo lament.
- pineTo grieve or mourn for.
- repent
- sighTo utter sighs over; to lament or mourn over.
- sorrowTo feel grief over; to mourn, regret.
- wailTo lament; to bewail; to grieve over.
- begrieve archaic, rareTo grieve over or about.
- bemourn rareTo weep or mourn over.
- wayment obsoleteTo lament.
Meaning of elegize
- verb To compose an elegy for.
- verb To compose an elegy.
- verb To lament, as if in an elegy.
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